Looking for Apple Appstore name through API?

Question

Can I search for apps by name through the API? For example, the equivalent of "Return a list of applications (if any) with the word" dog "in the header."

I saw two access points that are approaching, but don't seem to offer this:

• RSS feed it lists applications, but apparently only groups like "top 100 ..."

• Request interface; but it doesn't seem to be asking for the type of media application. (?)

Answer 1

I have found the answer. Although this is clearly not documented, you can search by application name.

http://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/resources/documentation/itunes-store-web-service-search-api.html

Answer 2

You are right, it was not very clear on this iTunes page at all. The entity = software parameter is the key. For example, here is a search for my application, TypeLink:

http://itunes.apple.com/search?entity=software&term=typelink&callback=myCallbackFunction

If you're curious about what the callback is for, here is some more information about the JSONP format it uses:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSONP

Answer 3

For any future person who wants to link to the App Store keyword search results page directly from a web link, this format has been working since April 2013:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/search?media=software&submit=media&term=KEYWORD%20GOES%20HERE

Was there a PITA to understand, but finally got the correct syntax ... This is necessary because the client has applications made by several developers, so I could not just use the proposed link Appstore.com/DeveloperName to return all my applications .

Thanks to everyone for sharing wisdom. Hope this helps someone.